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20 year-old mother sets herself alight and dies in Tibet
FTC[Tuesday, April 16, 2013 22:06]
Free Tibet News Release
Jugtso set herself alight outside a monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet around 3pm local time today, 16 April. Local witnesses confirmed that she died at the scene. Her body was taken into the monastery where religious ceremonies were conducted. Local authorities have ordered her family to cremate the body tonight, in contravention of Tibetan tradition. Hundreds of members of the local community have gathered near the family home in preparation for the cremation.
Jugtso was married with a three-year-old child.
The monastery has been the location for a number of self-immolation protests, including that of a mother-of-four in March 2013. The last confirmed self-immolation in Tibet was on 26 March but unconfirmed reports suggest that there has been at least one further attempted self-immolation in Yushu County, in protest against destruction of homes and land-grabbing by the authorities as redevelopment takes place after the devastating earthquake in the area on 14 April 2010.
Free Tibet spokesperson Alistair Currie said "The intensity of self-immolation protests has diminished so far in 2013 but the death of Jugtso shows that even the full force of the Chinese state cannot deter some Tibetans from this act. Self-immolation is a protest, not a suicide, and until China addresses the grievances of the Tibetan people, protests of all forms will continue in Tibet."
Thousands Gather After Young Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates
2013-04-16
A young Tibetan mother burned herself to death on Tuesday in Sichuan province to protest Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, drawing thousands of villagers and monks to her home and a monastery near which she self-immolated, according to sources in the region and in exile.
Chugtso, 20, self-immolated at about 3:00 p.m. local time near Dzamthang (in Chinese, Rangtang) county’s Jonang monastery, a Tibetan living in India and with contacts in the county told RFA’s Tibetan Service.
“Her self-immolation was in protest against China’s repressive policies in Tibet,” Tsangyang Gyatso said, citing sources in the region.
Chugtso’s burning brings to 116 the number of Tibetans who have burned themselves to protest Chinese rule and policies, with many also calling for the return of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Chugtso died at the scene and was brought to the nearby Jonang monastery, where monks performed prayers. Afterward, her remains were taken to her home, Gyatso said.
“Following this, local government officials and security forces pressured the family to cremate her remains during the night,” Gyatso said, adding, “This has been the usual practice of the government in handling self-immolation incidents.”
Show of support
The incident brought "thousands" of area residents out in support, Gyatso said.
"Thousands of local Tibetans and monks are gathering at the monastery and her home to show solidarity with the deceased and her family," he said.
Chugtso, a native of Dzamthang's Barma Yultso village, is survived by her husband and a three-year-old child. Her father’s name is Tenkho and her mother’s name is Dronkyi, Gyatso said.
Separately, the London-based Free Tibet advocacy group confirmed Chugtso’s death, noting that Jonang monastery has been the scene of other self-immolation protests in the past.
On March 24, Kalkyi, 30, a mother of three sons and one daughter and also from Barma village, torched herself near Jonang to protest Chinese rule, while another Tibetan woman, Rikyo, 33 and a mother of three, burned herself to death near the monastery in May 2012.
Two cousins self-immolated at the same site about a month before in a separate protest, sources said.
'Protest, not suicide'
In a statement, Free Tibet spokesperson Alistair Currie said that though the pace of self-immolation protests in Tibetan areas has slowed in recent months, “the death of [Chugtso] shows that even the full force of the Chinese state cannot deter some Tibetans from this act.”
“Self-immolation is a protest, not a suicide, and until China addresses the grievances of the Tibetan people, protests of all forms will continue in Tibet,” Currie said.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department on Monday said Washington is “very concerned by the self-immolations, detentions, [and] arrests of family members and associates of those who have self-immolated.”
“We call on the Chinese Government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama [and with] his representatives, and without preconditions,” acting deputy spokesperson Patrick Ventrell said.
Chinese authorities have tightened controls in Tibet and in Tibetan prefectures in Chinese provinces to check the fiery protests, cutting communication links with outside areas and jailing Tibetans they believe to be linked to the burnings.
More than a dozen have been jailed so far, with some handed jail terms of up to 15 years.
Reported by Chakmo Tso for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney.
Tibet : Monk has lost mental stability on release from prison
Redazione - Mar, 16/04/2013 - 14:34
Soepa, 35, has become mentally unstable after enduring severe torture during five years’ of imprisonment in the notorious Chushul Prison,located in the outskirts of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.After his release, Soepa was first taken to Chengdu where the security personnel detained him for seven days.This was followed by additional four days’ detention at Sershul County.It was only after five Tibetans agreed to sign a bond pledging to take responsibility that Soepa was released.He has now returned to Mange Monastery but security personnel permanently stationed there are keeping a close watch on his movements.He is required to report to the local Public Security Bureau office for an indefinite period.
Engage in Dialogue with the Dalai Lama: US
Phayul[Tuesday, April 16, 2013 22:02]
DHARAMSHALA, April 16: The United States has called upon China to engage in dialogue with the Tibetans spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his representatives "without preconditions".
Speaking to reporters in Washington DC, Patrick Ventrell from the State Department said, "We call on the Chinese Government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama, with his representatives, and without preconditions."
He also added that it has been his country's longstanding policy.
Regarding China's crackdown on the families, friends and relatives of Tibetan self-immolators, Ventrell said that the US is "very concerned by the self-immolations, detentions, arrests of family members and associates of those who have self-immolated."
Since April 2009 as many as 114 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in Tibet calling for freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama from exile.
During his recent visit to China, US Secretary of State John Kerry raised the human rights issues with the Chinese leadership.
Last week Tibetan Prime Minister Dr Lobsang Sangay as well as Human Right Watch wrote to the Secretary Kerry urging him to raise Tibet issue and the current crisis in Tibet during his first visit to China.
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NEPAL – CINA – TIBET
Il Nepal alla Cina: Reprimeremo i rifugiati tibetani
di Kalpit Parajuli
In visita a Pechino Prachanda, leader del partito maoista nepalese, rinnova a Xi Jinping l'impegno contro ogni azione anti-cinese. “La stabilità nazionale e l’integrità di entrambi i Paesi non saranno compromesse in nome della libertà religiosa e dei diritti umani”.
Kathmandu (AsiaNews) - Il Nepal fermerà ogni azione anticinese, anche "eliminando" i rifugiati tibetani di Kathmandu che continuano a chiedere un Tibet libero. È la promessa rinnovata da Pushpa Kamal Dahal, presidente del partito maoista nepalese (Unified Communist Party of Nepal, Ucpn) detto "Prachanda", al presidente cinese Xi Jinping durante un incontro a Pechino. I due si sono visti il 18 aprile scorso, a margine di una visita di una settimana in Cina del politico nepalese.
"I due leader - ha riferito Chudamani Khadka, assistente personale di Prachanda - hanno parlato di interessi bilaterali e dell'importanza di un Nepal stabile per la solidità e lo sviluppo della Cina. Il partito maoista rimane convinto della 'one-china policy' e sosterrà Pechino per fermare ogni sorta di attività sovversiva in terra nepalese". "La stabilità nazionale e l'integrità di entrambi i Paesi - avrebbe detto Prachanda - non saranno compromesse in nome della libertà religiosa e dei diritti umani".
Quella stretta da Prachanda è in realtà un vecchia promessa. Il Nepal ha 1.414 km di frontiera in comune con il Tibet e dal 1990 al 2006 la monarchia parlamentare, su consiglio dell'India, ha consentito la libera circolazione degli esuli tibetani nel Paese. Il Dalai Lama e membri del governo tibetano in esilio a Dharamsala (India) hanno visitato più volte il Paese, che ospita più di 20mila rifugiati. Dopo l'abolizione della monarchia nel 2006 e la salita al potere di formazioni maoiste e comuniste il Nepal ha cambiato rotta, abbandonando lo storico alleato indiano e allacciando stretti rapporti con la Cina. In cambio di aiuti economici Pechino ha chiesto la chiusura delle frontiere con il Tibet e la repressione di qualsiasi manifestazione anticinese.
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On April 25, 2013 Gedhun Choekyi Nyima will turn 24. He disappeared on May 17, only few days after he was officially recognized in 1995 as the 11th Panchen Lama. He and his family have not been seen for nearly 18 years to date.
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Breaking: Twin self-immolation protests in Tibet, Toll rises to 117
Phayul[Wednesday, April 24, 2013 23:14]
DHARAMSHALA, April 24: In reports coming just in, two young Tibetan monks of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Zoege, eastern Tibet set themselves on fire today protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet.
The exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala identified the two monks as Lobsang Dawa, 20 and Kunchok Woeser, 22.
“The two monks set themselves on fire at 6:40 pm (local time) near the right side of the main prayer hall of the Taktsang Lhamo Monastery protesting China’s repressive policies,” the Kirti Monastery release said. “Both of them passed away at the site of the protest.”
According to reports, the body of the two monks were later taken to their respective monastic quarters where fellow monks carried out prayers.
“Local Chinese authorities have issued orders for the cremation of the two monks by early tomorrow morning,” the release said.
Lobsang Dawa is a native of Zaru region of Zoege and the youngest of seven siblings.
Kunchok Woeser is a native of Zoege and is survived by his parents Tsering Norbu and Samdup Dolma and his two brothers.
“The two monks were enrolled at the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery at a young age and were known for their exemplary conduct and studies,” the release said.
In 2008, following a series of anti-China protests across Ngaba region, local Chinese authorities had indefinitely closed down a school run by Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery.
The primary reason for its closure was cited as participation by a number of students of Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in the March 15th protest along with other senior monks of the monastery at the Zoege county headquarters.
Since 2009, as many as 117 Tibetans living under China’s rule have set themselves on fire demanding freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile.
Tibetans demand 11th Panchen Lama’s whereabouts and release
[Wednesday, April 24, 2013 21:54]
DHARAMSHALA, April 24: A day before the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima turns 24 in Chinese captivity, Tibetans and supporters in the exile headquarters of Dharamshala today demanded to know his whereabouts and called for his release.
Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters gathered at Mcleod Square wearing facemasks of the Panchen Lama and raised slogans for his release.
The protests were jointly organised the Tibetans Women’s Association, Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet, Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Students for a Free Tibet, India and coordinated by the International Tibet Network.
"We urge Chinese government to release the Panchen Lama so that he will be reunited with his family and thousands of followers who have been waiting for his release for the last 18 years,” said Tashi Dolma, president of TWA. “We also urge the Chinese government to release all the prisoners of conscience."
The 11th Panchen Lama was abducted at the age of six along with his family in 1995, shortly after he was recognised as the reincarnation of the Xth Panchen Lama by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Despite repeated international pressure, the Chinese government has refrained from disclosing the well-being and whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family. Instead, Beijing handpicked another Tibetan boy as the 11th Panchen Lama. Traditionally, the Panchen Lama bears part of the responsibility for finding the incarnation of the Dalai Lama and vice versa.
"The Chinese government's intention behind appointing their own 11th Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu is but to take over the political, financial and cultural powers that come with being the head of the Tashi Lhunpo monastery, " said Gang Lhamo, General Secretary of Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet.
"Forced to become the 11th Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu has to act and live a life, not chosen for by himself. Tibetans in Tibet have to recognise and worship him under duress. These actions not only highlight the lack of freedom and human rights, but also how the Chinese government undermines and insults Tibetan people's tradition, culture and religion.
A simultaneous petitioning campaign address to Zhu Weiqun, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department was also carried out with organisers urging supporters to call the Chinese embassy in New Delhi to inquire about the Panchen Lama.
The organisers, in a release, cited Ven. Ngawang Woebar, former president of Gu-Chu-Sum Movement of Tibet as saying that the 11th Panchen Lama’s parents are currently placed under house arrest in their hometown in Tibet and have been barred from making any outside contact.
“Police officials are reportedly escorting and monitoring all their movements,” Ven. Woebar was cited as saying. “Panchen Lama's mother seem to have sadly expressed that she is the most unfortunate mother who has to live in constant fear and worry not knowing if her son is still alive or not."
Three Self-Immolations Today Confirmed In Amdo Region
We have now received a number of separate confirmations that April 24 three Tibetans self-immolated in the Amdo Region of Occupied Tibet to protest China’s illegal and vicious occupation of Tibet. A 23 year-old woman self-immolated earlier in Dzamthang around 2.00 PM local time, while later in the day two monks Mr. Kunchok Woeser and Mr. Lobsang Dawa, set themselves ablaze outside Taksang Lhamo Kirti monastery in Ngaba region, around 6.30 pm
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